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Sunday, September 7, 2014

An Apple A Day

We've all heard the saying "an apple a day keeps the doctor away." However, I don't recommend too many apples per day. Emi had loose stool and been gassy for the past week or two. This is the second time that's happened and I was racking my brain for what may be going on. I had pretty much decided she had a sensitive digestive system, unlike Roz. Saturday night I purchased probios for her, to aid her digestive system in getting back on the right track (this is a product we used to use on our 4-H steers).

I was talking to my dad about it as we were doing chores last night and mentioned that I thought the apples could be the problem. He agreed and asked how many apples are generally under the tree in their field in the morning. I really wasn't sure, but I didn't think there was that many! Whatever does fall overnight she shares with Roz too so I didn't think it was a big issue. I decided I would check it out this morning, and I'm glad I did. There were a lot of apples under that tree! They are very small, almost bite sized. She's a like little vacuum cleaner with them and I think they are what's causing the problem. On workdays I'm usually outside around 5:45am, and it's getting to the point where it's still dark at that time. Apparently I'm going to start getting up 5 minutes earlier so that I can pick up apples before she gets so many.

The baby girl loves apples...and she's looking less and less like a baby!

Yikes! Yes definitely pick them up or put a fence around them. They can produce and drop a lot more apples than you would think and it could make them sick. I'm glad you figured out the problem before something happened. She's gorgeous by the way!